Showing papers by "Thomas D. Schmittgen published in 1996"
TL;DR: The time lag for pHi to equilibrate with pHe in the multilayer systems and the instability of MMC at low pHe imply that the efficacy of intravesical MMC therapy is unlikely to be enhanced by using acidic dosing solution.
Abstract: Purpose. Previous studies by other investigators have shown an enhancement of mitomycin C (MMC) activity at acidic extracellular pH (pHe) in monolayer cultures of human cells. The goal of the present study was to determine if the efficacy of intravesical MMC therapy in patients treated for superficial bladder cancer can be enhanced by using acidified dosing solutions. We evaluated (a) the effect of pHe on MMC activity in patient bladder tumors in vitro, and (b) the pH dependency of MMC activity in 2-dimensional monolayer and 3-dimensional multilayer cultures of human bladder RT4 tumor cells.
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